MICROBIRTH
“Microbirth” is a 60 minute documentary looking at the latest scientific research about the microscopic events happening during childbirth.
“Microbirth” reveals the latest scientific thinking on how best to “seed” a baby’s microbiome in order to build the strongest possible immune system. This cutting-edge science has the potential to not only improve the health of our children across a lifetime, but also across generations still to come.
- Winner: Grand Prix Award, Ekotopfilm, Prague 2016
- Winner: Main Prize (Science and Technology), Envirofilm, Bratislava 2016
- Winner: Grand Prix Award, Life Sciences Film Festival, Prague 2014
Featuring thirteen leading professors from around the world:
- MARTIN BLASER, Director of the Human Microbiome Program & Professor of Translational Medicine, New York University
- MARIA GLORIA DOMINGUEZ BELLO, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, New York University
- RODNEY DIETERT, Professor of Immunotoxicology, Cornell University
- PHILIP STEER, Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics, Imperial College, London
- NEENA MODI, Professor of Neonatal Medicine, Imperial College, London
- MATTHEW HYDE, Research Associate in the Section of Neonatal Medicine, Imperial College, London
- SUE CARTER, Professor, Behavioral Neurobiologist, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- ALEECA BELL, Assistant Professor, Dept of Women, Children and Family Health Science,
University of Illinois at Chicago - STEFAN ELBE, Professor of International Relations, University of Sussex and Director of Centre for Global Health Policy
- ANITA KOZYRSKYJ, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta and Co-Principal Investigator, Synergy in Microbiota Research (SyMBIOTA)
- JACQUELYN TAYLOR, Associate Professor of Nursing, University of Yale
- HANNAH DAHLEN, Professor of Midwifery, University of Western Sydney
- LESLEY PAGE, Professor of Midwifery, King’s College London and President, Royal College of Midwives